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- Sun Dec 20, 2015 7:13 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: SOMEBODY'S WIDOW (1918) Strand Comedy with Billie Rhodes
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Re: SOMEBODY'S WIDOW (1918) Strand Comedy with Billie Rhodes
This was filmed in front of the Beverly Hills Hotel, appearing in Chaplin's The Idle Class, and Lloyd's A Sailor-Made Man, and near Castle Rock, a very popular beach location, where Chaplin filmed The Adventurer. https://silentlocations.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/how-charlie-chaplin-filmed-the-adventu...
- Sun Dec 20, 2015 7:07 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Why Houdini filmed at a particular Hollywood alley
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Why Houdini filmed at a particular Hollywood alley
Find out why Houdini filmed at a Hollywood alley later used by Chaplin, Keaton, and Lloyd.
https://silentlocations.wordpress.com/2015/12/19/houdini-the-grim-game-more-hollywood-connections/
Cheers, John
https://silentlocations.wordpress.com/2015/12/19/houdini-the-grim-game-more-hollywood-connections/
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- Sat Nov 21, 2015 3:11 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Keaton and Houdini connections on film
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Keaton and Houdini connections on film
Buster Keaton dedicated his most famous short film Cops (1922) to Harry Houdini, the man Keaton credits as giving him his name. Remarkably, Cops was filmed at three places where Houdini filmed The Grim Game in 1919. https://silentlocations.wordpress.com/2015/11/19/houdini-keaton-the-grim-game-cops/ ...
- Fri Aug 07, 2015 9:17 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Chaplin - Sinatra - The Pilgrim - Noir
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Chaplin - Sinatra - The Pilgrim - Noir
Where Chaplin and Frank Sinatra would later appear in The Pilgrim (1923) and Suddenly (1954).
https://silentlocations.wordpress.com/2015/08/08/chaplin-sinatra-the-pilgrim-and-noir/
Cheers, John
https://silentlocations.wordpress.com/2015/08/08/chaplin-sinatra-the-pilgrim-and-noir/
Cheers, John
- Sun Jul 05, 2015 2:30 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Groucho, Duck Soup, and Buster Keaton
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Groucho, Duck Soup, and Buster Keaton
TCM is airing Duck Soup tonight. It was filmed at the Jewett estate where Keaton filmed Cops and Born to Kill was also filmed. You can see the connections here https://silentlocations.wordpress.com/2015/07/05/groucho-buster-and-noir-at-the-pasadena-jewett-estate/
Cheers, John
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- Wed Jun 10, 2015 6:56 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: City Lights downtown and Wilshire Blvd tour
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City Lights downtown and Wilshire Blvd tour
From this link you can download a PDF tour of the many downtown and Wilshire Boulevard film locations appearing in Chaplin's City Lights . The tour starts at the Los Angeles Theater at 615 S. Broadway, where the movie had its world premiere. https://silentlocations.wordpress.com/2015/06/08/charlie-c...
- Sat Apr 25, 2015 5:41 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Travel Channel visits Chaplin Hollywood
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Travel Channel visits Chaplin Hollywood
The Travel Channel visits Chaplin Hollywood film locations this Monday night in a piece called Tramping Through Hollywood . I haven't seen it, but consulted with the producers. http://www.travelchannel.com/shows/time-traveling-with-brian-unger/episodes/monuments-man-and-tramping-through-hollywood Ch...
- Fri Apr 17, 2015 9:28 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: The Birth of A Nation - Three Stooges - 100 year old trees
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The Birth of A Nation - Three Stooges - 100 year old trees
Certain trees appearing 100 years ago during the battle scenes from The Birth of A Nation , and 80 years ago with the Three Stooges, remain standing today at Forest Lawn. https://silentlocations.wordpress.com/2015/04/17/the-three-stooges-birth-of-a-nation-forest-lawn-trees/ Cheers, John
- Fri Apr 17, 2015 9:28 pm
- Forum: SILENT MOVIE MAIN
- Topic: The Birth of A Nation - Three Stooges - 100 year old trees
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The Birth of A Nation - Three Stooges - 100 year old trees
Certain trees appearing 100 years ago during the battle scenes from The Birth of A Nation , and 80 years ago with the Three Stooges, remain standing today at Forest Lawn. https://silentlocations.wordpress.com/2015/04/17/the-three-stooges-birth-of-a-nation-forest-lawn-trees/ Cheers, John
- Tue Apr 07, 2015 8:22 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Cagney's G Men and Keaton's One Week
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Cagney's G Men and Keaton's One Week
This post shows the car chase in James Cagney's "G" Men took place in Inglewood, beside where Buster Keaton filmed the climax to One Week beside the Inglewood train station 15 years earlier. https://silentlocations.wordpress.com/2015/04/06/cagney-and-keaton-crossing-paths-in-inglewood/ Che...